Many cardiovascular procedures are more cost effective at ASCs than hospital outpatient departments for patients with Medicare, according to the Medicare.gov procedure price lookup tool.
Here are the patient costs for five common cardiovascular procedure costs:
1. Catheter placement in coronary artery for coronary angiography (CPT code 93458)
ASC: $386
HOPD: $918
2. Transcatheter placement of an intravascular stent (CPT code 37236)
ASC: $1,487
HOPD: $1,759
3. Litigation or biopsy, temporal artery (CPT code 37609)
ASC: $180
HOPD: $363
4. Insertion of new or replacement of permanent pacemaker with transvenous electrodes (CPT code 33206)
ASC: $1,568
HOPD: $1,763
5. Cardiac blood pool imaging (CPT code 78472)
ASC: $51
HOPD: $88
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